By Bertolt Brecht\nDirect
ed by Tony Simotes\nFeaturing Olympia Dukakis\, Apollo Dukakis\, and
John Douglas Thompson\nOlympia Dukakis as Prospera in The Tempest\,
part of Shakespeare & Company’s 2012 Summer Season

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“I won’t let y
ou spoil my war for me. Destroys the weak\, does it? Well\, what does peac
e do for’em\, huh? War feeds its people better.”

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Considered by man
y to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th Century\, Mother Courage and
Her Children is set against the backdrop of the Thirty Years War and foll
ows the fate of Mother Courage\, an artful canteen woman with the Swedish
Army\, intent on keeping her business and family alive amid the destructio
n of war. Mother Courage and Her Children still resonates today as a profo
und insight into the moral implications of war.

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Academy Award winn
er Olympia Dukakis\, Apollo Dukakis\, and Artistic Director Tony Simotes r
eteam after the critically acclaimed\, sold out run of The Tempest during
Shakespeare & Company’s 35th Season. “I had a terrific time last summer ex
ploring The Tempest with Tony and the amazing cast and crew\,” Olympia Duk
akis said when Mother Courage and Her Children was announced in the fall.
“I consider Shakespeare & Company one of my artistic homes – a place of ar
tistic support and enthusiasm. I jumped at the chance to get in the room w
ith Tony and my brother again.”

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OBIE Award winner John Douglas Tho
mpson joins the cast in the role of The Cook. Thompson last appeared at Sh
akespeare & Company as Louis Armstrong in Satchmo at the Waldorf\, a role
he continued to play to critical and audience acclaim at the Long Wharf Th
eatre in New Haven\, CT and the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia\, PA.